What is the average commute in Oxford County, Maine?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 28.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Oxford County, Maine work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · ME · GEOID 230172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oxford County, Maine

Name: Commute estimates for Oxford County, Maine
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.9 min one way; 13.6% worked from home, 73.8% drove alone, and 12.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.9 min±1.7 min MOE

Worked from home13.6%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone73.8%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.1%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Oxford County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute28.8 min → 28.9 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 13.6%▲ 5.6 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.7% → 73.8%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oxford County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 13.6% worked from home.

Drive alone73.8% ±1.7 pp

Carpool9.4% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk2.2% ±0.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home13.6% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 26,561 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oxford County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

80^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

90^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Oxford County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 26,561 workers age 16+, including 22,940 workers with reported travel time and 3,621 home workers.

Population estimate59,255± — MOE

Workers age 16+26,561± 787 MOE

Workers with travel time22,940± 791 MOE

Estimated home workers3,621± 553 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Maine commute records for Oxford County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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